you have to wait your turn. >> look, everybody elected to congress on boeth sides of the aisle are elected by their own right. we are very proud we just elected a class of 49 new democrats, all of whom are eligible for leadership at a certain point. if this caucus didn't believe in the leadership it has, it would have chosen other leaders. she would stay as leaders and say i'll stay if you stay, that is automatic renewal of a contract as i have ever seen. but when that happened, our caucus erupted in cheers that she made the decision to stay. >> congressman steve israel of long island, new york. thank you for taking time for us. so lawmakers meet for obama with talks on avoiding the fiscal cliff, they also face a bigger political challenge, that is disposing of the sour grapes that pickled them into near pa r paralysis. the big obstacle for that is a 60-word edict known as the pledge. and anti-tax document written by conservative activist grover norquist and signed by every republican member. the catch is the big sto stonewalling effort was on a contingent plan that mitt romney would need